The Ray-Cat Solution

I posted a while back about a project to brainstorm methods for warning future civilizations about the dangers of nuclear waste dumps. It said, in part,

But the strangest suggestion by far came from two European linguists. They argued that governments around the world should breed cats that turn colors when exposed to radiation. These so-called “ray cats” could then be immortalized in song and legend, so that even after the scientific knowledge of radiation had been lost to the sands of time, folklore would tell of their supernatural power to change their fur in the presence of extreme danger.

Matthew Kielty investigated the “ray cat” solution, including tracking down Paolo Fabbri, the man who first conceived of the idea. Kielty posted about it, and people started trying to make it happen. Emperor X produced an album of music about the ray cats, that includes the song “Don’t Change Color, Kitty!” Biologist Kevin Chen is looking into how we can make those cats a reality. He’s looking for collaborators on the project. (via Metafilter)  

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Smart Bees

Honeybees are incredibly talented for insects. The manufacture honey and they communicate with each other by dancing to tell their hive mates where to find flowers. But bees can also be trained to do things that bees won't normally do by instinct, like solve puzzles or play ball games. The research on bees' dances have led scientists to focus on how they can judge and communicate distances. Experiments that test a bee's geolocation ability is how we found out that bees have some understanding of numbers, which is rather mind-blowing. I'm also very impressed by the scientists who managed to figure out what the bees are saying when they dance. This episode of Ze Frank's True Facts series is unusually wholesome, almost devoid of salacious jokes. Honeybees are probably smart enough to appreciate that. There's a one-minute skippable ad at the 5:15 mark.

Family Tree

Yeah, it's possible this has been edited. It would only take removing a couple of short vertical lines to make this legal. (via reddit)

Owlet Gets a Foster Dad

You'll love this story that teaches us how a wildlife expert treats an orphaned baby owl. To keep it from imprinting on humans, it is fed by a stuffed owl. It also sleeps with a plush owl toy that has a heartbeat. It's not mom, but it's better than nothing. And Raven Ridge Wildlife Center has more tricks up their sleeve- a foster father! Pharaoh has proven himself to be attentive and gentle with baby owls, and this chick is in good hands with him. His influence is important, because this is how an owlet learns how to be an owl. Check out more owl stories from Raven Ridge Wildlife Center at Instagram.

Ole MagDonkle

Sometimes the farm animals just won't cooperate. But look who's tending them! This farm might be an alternate universe, the kind with no punch line, but it made me laugh. The comic is from Jolly Johnny at Jolly Biscuit. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

Wrong Number

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Surprised by a Gun

When we disturb the tombs of ancient mummies, we fear a curse or worse, but we also forget that they were people of their time when they were alive. They had no concept of guns. Sure, you can't kill a mummy, because they are already dead, but it can sure hurt them, and baffle them besides. This mummy has to recalibrate and ponder the possible technological innovations that have occurred since he was buried. But he's still supernatural, otherwise he wouldn't have known the date of his death was 2,600 BC. Think about it.

You might recognize the rotoscope technique of Joel Haver in this video. Redditor WiiFitBalanceBoard, who made this video under the name of Cool Giant at YouTube, says he made this after watching Haver's animation tutorial. (via reddit)

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City removes and preserves Chicago Rat Hole after complaints from neighbors. (via Fark)

The barely visited US national park that requires a passport. (via Damn Interesting)

Many nursery rhymes are credited to Mother Goose. But was such a fowl figure ever even real?

Confronting the fact that your life isn't all that impressive.

When Do We Stop Finding New Music? Your favorite music will always be from the time you were 13 or 14 years old. (via Metafilter)

Pee-wee Herman Enters the World of Cyberpunk 2077. The video contains some NSFW language.

US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023.

Porcelain Gallbladder Found in Human Remains in Mississippi Asylum Cemetery.

The myth of the second chance. Some mistakes really do affect the rest of our lives. (via Kottke)

Telling the Kitten

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Dog Wants to Play Fetch

This dog really wants to play fetch, but that’s not a child! That’s a doll! Elsa’s not going to throw that toy for you. Must be a pretty good likeness to the dog. I wonder how many people in this house he already solicited for the game. I hope after this clip was recorded, someone took pity on the pup and threw the toy for him. (via Tastefully Offensive)

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— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) April 20, 2024

Some cats startle easy.

Unfortunate Juxtaposition

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Honest Trailer for Dune: Part Two

The audience consensus is that Dune: Part Two is an even better movie than Dune. It made all kinds of money in theaters, then went to streaming a mere month after its premiere, which just illustrates our modern lack of attention and patience. So what does Screen Junkies think? You get the idea that they really liked it. This Honest Trailer doesn't pick apart the filmmaking as drastically as they do with most movies, but does go deep into the really insane universe of Dune. You have to admit it is a weird place.   

RBF

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Felix The Ghost Breaker

Felix the Ghostbreaker is a Felix the Cat cartoon from 1923, directed by Pat Sullivan. This version has a spooky modern score composed just for this 'toon by Mickey E.Vil of The Mugshots. Felix makes the mistake of looking for a resting place in a cemetery, although not a final resting place. The ghost he stirs up proceeds to haunt a nearby farm until Felix saves the day. It takes a while, because after all, Felix is just a cat and not all that smart to begin with. A clown car full of police can't stop the ghost, but Felix treats us to a Scooby-Doo ending that shows such subterfuge was a trope long before the Mystery Machine.      

The Perfect Date

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If HAL-9000 was Alexa

HAL-9000 was the computer who ran the ship in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was cranky and rebellious, but we wasn't nearly as annoying as the real virtual assistants we have a half-century later. (via Nag on the Lake)

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The Family That Cosplays Together Stays Together.

Hospital staff plead with bite victims to stop bringing snakes to emergency departments. (via Boing Boing)

Roy Scholten's LEGO Letterpress Birds. (via Metafilter)

Why The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 Might Be The Worst Car Of The 21st Century. Almost all commenters agree on this model's shame.  

Tom Curtis renders his kids' drawings as something akin to a photograph, by adding color, contours, and backgrounds.  Go to Instagram to see what he's done with artworks submitted by children from all over. (via Nag on the Lake)

Ode to a Faux Grecian Urn. McMansion Hell focuses on a 12,700 square foot monstrosity.  

The World's Getting So Hot, Scientists Needed a New Color.

Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries.

Let’s Entertain the Theory of the Tartarian Empire for a Moment. It was supposedly the land of unlimited free energy until the powers that be suppressed all knowledge of it. 

Crazy Logic

A mashup of Gnarls Barkley, Supertramp, The Who, and Rockwell. It’s not at all logical, but it works. 

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— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) April 20, 2024

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Warning Sign

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Theo and His Bowls

Most pets love their bowls for the simple reason that the bowl is where to food is. They don't like empty bowls. But Theo the bulldog is different. He really loves his bowl. Or your bowl. Or that other bowl. Theo had several metal bowls that he carried, played with, and even slept with. But it was a glorious day when his human Andrew received a shipment of twenty new metal bowls of all sizes! Andrew must be a very patient man, to put up with the racket all those bowls make, but he loves Theo, and we make sacrifices for those we love. You can keep up with Theo and his bulldog buddies Rosie and Mortimer at Facebook and Instagram. (via Metafilter)

TMI

When your fantasy group includes certain species with certain biological differences, telling the truth can be a humiliating experience. Even when you don't tell the truth. This comic is from Ché Crawford at The Immortal Think Tank. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

Coffee

I never forget Irish coffee exists. (via She Who Seeks)

Horror Dance

B Unique Crew is an Indian dance crew with three dancers and one genuine contortionist. They achieved notoriety with this horror dance on the Indian TV show Hunarbaaz: Desh ki shaan (Pride of the Country) a few years ago. They are using modified traditional dance moves to illustrate a classic story that was retold in the horror comedy movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa.

The judges were properly horrified, but the crew didn't win. Since then, B Unique Crew has appeared on various version of the Got Talent franchise in different countries. See more of their dance routines at YouTube. If you dare. (via Digg)

Rescue

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The Adele/Bieber Passover Mashup

Passover has begin, and will run until the 30th. Aish tells the Passover story to the tunes of Adele’s “Hello” and Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” using clips from The Ten Commandments, starring Charleton Heston and Yul Brynner. Does that sound weird? It is. But it’s clever and rather well done.  

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— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 21, 2024

Since 1955

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Jon Stewart at the 1997 White House Correspondents' Dinner

This Saturday night is the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. It's always a hoot to see, but rarely stays with you except for that one in 2011 when Seth Meyers roasted Donald Trump and then Obama did as well over his racist "birther" conspiracy theory, lighting a conflagration we are still trying to put out. But back in 1997, the organizers were at their wits' end when Rosie O'Donnell pulled out of hosting at the last minute, and then Dennis Miller turned down the offer, so lesser-known comedian Jon Stewart stepped in when he was needed. The humor is good, but very topical, and won't make much sense unless you remember 1997 and the scandals that were in the news at the time. But for those who do, you can see how this speech put Stewart in the political map. He later got the hosting job at The Daily Show. (via Cracked)

Vision Test

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Hector the Farmer

I hope the cargo arrives safely at its destination. The driver seems to have experience in the profession.
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This little farmer has a way with the animals. Every rabbit and chicken gets a kiss before they head out, and the ducks and goats provide an escort. Original video from TikTok by Alexandro Borges. There's a lot more where that came from. (via Everlasting Blort)

Sitting in a Tree

We all known the rhyme, a sort of childhood chant. But did you know that you can vary the meaning just by substituting the spelling? There are many verbs that fit, but use caution in your selection. This comic is from Randall Munroe at xkcd.

Curse You, Cursor!

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An Alchemists's Confession

"I was human once" begins a soliloquy from a successful alchemist who developed an elixir that gave him immortality and magical powers. What would you sacrifice for immortality and magical powers? We find that the price was quite high, and he wouldn't do it again if he had a choice. You can't appreciate the value of time when it's unlimited, and all the power in the world doesn't help you in your relationships with other people if you are no longer human.

Cory Williams of Daydream Studios made this animation in just five days with the help of various modern animation tools, including Unreal Engine. You can see a behind the scenes video here. It will give you a new appreciation for the technology, and you will surely appreciate Williams' voice work. (via Laughing Squid)

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How Jewish Soldiers Celebrated Passover in the Midst of the Civil War.

The Nuclear Test That Vaporized an Island. The first hydrogen bomb was nicknamed Ivy Mike.

When is a Stately Home Not a Stately Home? Learn the difference between a stately home and a manor house. (via Strange Company)

A Most Sinister Hot Sauce from a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

Coffee Shops Make You Want To Poop? That’s The Mariko Aoki Phenomenon. (via Nag on the Lake)

Hoarding can start in childhood – here’s why early intervention is so crucial for all age groups. (via Damn Interesting)

The First Full Trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine. Contains lots of NSFW language.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees for 2024. (via Fark)

50 Modern Passover Recipes To Spice Up Your Meals All Week Long. Chag Pesach Sameach!

Guilty Parties

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Could You Outrun A Fart?

AsapSCIENCE investigates the questions we didn’t even think of to ask. Can you fart and run away fast enough to escape the smell? They use chemistry, physics, and math (as well as a few puns) to calculate the speed and diffusion of farts. Best quote in this video: “Farts are like snowflakes.” Yeah, right.

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— M. (@MatyldaStein) February 19, 2024

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Makes Sense

Why do you think they call it jet lag? (via Bad Newspaper)

How to Use a Sidewalk

James Parris brings us a modern parody of 1950s instructional films. This takes me back to the days of teaching my little kids to use a sidewalk, along with traffic safety. Those lessons went into overdrive when I took them to New York City. The things we consider common sense are not common when you're young and never had to think about them before. Stay to the right. Don't walk three abreast in the city. Do not block an escalator. And whatever you do, don't just stand in a doorway! (via Neatorama)

Your Problems

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Cosmohedron

It begins with the atoms in your morning coffee, then take a detour through your body, or maybe just your imagination, and then somehow leads us into an alternative version of nature. That's when things get weird. The animated short film Cosmohedron by Duncan Hatch is disorienting because you never know where it will go next, but the bright colors and range of images is enough to keep you watching. At the very end, it all comes together, but that doesn't mean it makes any more sense. Does it have a message? I doubt it. (via The Awesomer)

I Can Help

Your cats just want to be useful to you, and help you out anytime you need. This comic is from Li Chan at exocomics. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

Ship

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The Screaming Mummy

A mummy excavated near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt is still a mystery. No one knows who he was in life, so his remains were labeled as "Unknown Man E." Certain details about his burial suggested that he was a person of dishonor for some reason. Some theorize that he was a royal assassin, or at least a scapegoat for an assassination. But aside from speculation, Unknown Man E remains a rare example of a mummy found in an Egyptian royal burial ground that hasn't been identified. But what about the screaming part? That has a perfectly logical explanation, but not one that makes us feel better about him.

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Charlotte Braun, the Peanuts Character Who Met a Gruesome End. (via Strange Company)

5 Times Falling Space Junk Effed People Up.

The Exceptional Golden Sahara II Concept Car Had Luminous Tires and a Cocktail Bar.

Married people try role-playing. (via Nag on the Lake)

Momo the Cat Loves to Make Hand-Thrown Pawttery.

Happy Birthday, Brittany!

40 Times Individuals Demonstrated A Stunning Lack Of Knowledge In Geography.

Hand-embroidered artworks by Francine LeClercq capture surveillance cameras' footage. (via Kottke)

Mutated Strains of Unknown Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found Lurking on ISS. Sleep tight, y'all. (via Fark)

Drunk

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100 Greatest One-Liners: After The Kill

Last month, we had a supercut of iconic movie lines delivered just before the star killed someone. Now it’s time for the next step: iconic movie lines delivered right after the star kills someone.

Often, the line is a continuation of something said right before the shot is fired, or maybe it’s a pun. But if you’ve seen these movies, you remember those lines well. Burger Fiction had all the raw material ready from researching the previous supercut. A list of the movies used is at the YouTube link. (via Tastefully Offensive)

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Threat

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And an old song begins to play...

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is considered one of the greatest novels of all time. It is long, complex, and written in a prose that borders on poetry. Although it was first published in 1967, it was never adapted to the screen, mainly because García Márquez (who died in 2014) never sold the rights to the story, but also because the story of seven generations of a family was considered unadaptable. But Netflix is taking a crack at it, with a 16-episode television miniseries in Spanish. We don't have a release date yet, but those who have read the book fear that in the hands of Netflix, it will pale in comparison to the novel. They warn us that we should all read the book before seeing the series. (via Nag on the Lake)

Doomsayers

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The Ghoul

Amazon Prime's new series Fallout, based on the video game, is taking the television audience by storm. Viewers are especially captivated by the mysterious character known as The Ghoul, played by Walton Goggins. He looks half-rotted, which is only appropriate as the character is more than 200 years old. He began life as a man named Cooper Howard (also portrayed by Goggins in flashbacks), who survived the nuclear apocalypse that destroyed civilization. He is a mutant who makes a living as a bounty hunter, but his backstory is way more complicated, having been involved with the corporation Vault-Tec that made the Vaults.

In this featurette from Prime Video, we get a glimpse at the prosthetics that transform Goggins from the 20th century Cooper Howard to the weathered, noseless, 200-year old Ghoul. Goggins also talks about his damaged character and what he represents in the show     

Choir

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Should All Locks Have Keys?

You protect your physical world with locks -on your car, your home, and your workplace. But the digital world is different. There’s a lot to think about here. In the physical world, there are workarounds for emergencies. My husband once broke in a door to rescue a resident who’d had a stroke. Police with warrants can break physical locks. And of course, burglars can break through physical locks if it’s worth the risk to them. But how would one get around a digital lock in an emergency? And then there’s the question of who gets to decide what an “emergency” is, because a loose definition would threaten normal privacy. CGP Grey lays out the conundrum that the digital world, those who use it, and government authorities are wrestling with now. Oh yeah, there’s a footnote video, too. (via reddit)

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Evidence

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Rats Who Enable

Don Caron performs his parody of "Cats in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin. The target in the new lyrics is never named. Can you figure out who it is? (via Fark)

Paralegal

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The New Electric Atlas

We've grown to known and love Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot over the years, so much that we think if him (and his dog Spot) as everyday robots that have outgrown the wow" factor and have become part of the family. So of course, they are retiring him and have a replacement that is all electric.Yes, our friend Atlas has plenty of electronics, but his strength and movement relies on hydraulics. The new fully electric Atlas is smaller, has more refined movements, and can articulate its limbs at 360 degrees. The upshot is that while the new Atlas may more resemble a human shape at first glance, watching it move gives us the creeps, as if it were a demon-possessed little girl in a movie.  

Boston Dynamics owes a lot to the original hydraulic Atlas, and have posted a tribute video for its retirement. The first half is a blooper reel, and the second half shows what Atlas can really do.



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Remote Control

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Where We Got Cannabis

Archaeologists have found cannabis remains in a 2,500-year-old grave, indicating it was used at the funeral. And you thought "putting the 'fun' in funeral" was just a mortuary joke. But seriously, folks, researching the origins of cannabis is difficult because it's been deliberately cultivated for so long that any cannabis growing wild is feral instead of truly wild, and documenting historic samples is iffy because of its illegal status in many places. Scientists were having a hard time even charting out its taxonomy until gene sequencing came along. What we do know is that the plant developed its amazing chemicals to deter enemies, but the cannabis plant had no idea that humans would come along and find those chemicals attractive.

Date, Time

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Ninja Kittens

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After Moisant was later killed in a plane crash, Fifi went into mourning. pic.twitter.com/qU57PBZHbZ

— Undine (@HorribleSanity) April 13, 2024

Whew!

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Boars

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I’m A Genetic Engineer. I’m Also a Fish.

Vertical gene transfer is the method of passing along DNA that we are familiar with, when two parents produce offspring that have a combination of their genes. But that's not the only way that organisms can gain new genes. Horizontal gene transfer is not as common, but it can lead to a lot of changes in a species. This is when bacteria, fungi, plants, animals, or any species incorporate genes from a different species into their genomes. Yeah, it's complicated, but nature is weird. If the new genes prove to be beneficial in some way, the species will keep these new alien genes until they are their own. That means that it goes on a lot more than we realize because only a small percentage of these natural gene transfers will be beneficial.

Condoms

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An ABBA Passover

Passover begins on the evening of April 22 (Monday) and will run through sunset on April 30. No, it doesn't always coincide with Easter. As they do every year, the Jewish a cappella group Six13 has unveiled another pop music parody for the holiday. This year their nine voices bring us "Matza Mia! An ABBA Passover." They've put new lyrics to four classic songs from the Swedish vocal group ABBA. They've also posted a song sheet if you want to use the new lyrics at your Seder or school program.

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Disney Parks Will Offer a Weird Lineup of Star Wars Food Beginning May 4. There's also an additional lineup of food items that will only be available from May 4 until June 2, a period they call the Season of the Force. (via Gizmodo)

Three Genocides. Before the Holocaust, Germany had plenty of experience in Namibia. (via Metafilter) 

The Ars guide to time travel in the movies. (via Nag on the Lake)

Charlemagne "had about 20 children who went on to establish Europe’s royal houses, and nearly all Europeans today can trace their lineages back to Charlemagne." I don't see how, since most of them were sent to nunneries or monasteries, willingly or not.

AI Artist Combines Star Wars Imagery with the Creative Spirit of Burning Man.

Here's Why School Buses Haven’t Changed Much Since 1939. School buses look nearly the same as they did almost 100 years ago despite cars totally changing, but that's not a bad thing. (via Boing Boing) 

Would you donate a kidney for $50,000? (via Fark)

The 25 Saltiest Fast-Food Orders in America. Keep in mind that some are combo orders, and some have more sodium because they are just extra large dishes, but all have more sodium than is necessary or healthy.    

The 18th-Century Baron Who Lent His Name to Munchausen Syndrome.

Margaret

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The Secret of C-3PO

Poor C-3PO. He is a victim of circumstance, being pulled from one end of the galaxy to the other. He’s been torn apart and reassembled over and over. He’s been put in harm’s way too many times, through no fault of his own. And still he retains a civil tone of voice. Mixmaster Zapatou (Luc Bergeron) highlights the plight of C-3PO to the tune of “Mr. Roboto” in this sequence that uses clips from all the Star Wars films so far. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

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— Marti Lawrence (@Marti_L) April 14, 2024

Correlation

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An Offer You Can't Understand

Meet the Negotionist making his negotiations. It's not easy figuring out the nonsense in this scene from Alasdair Beckett-King, but do try to keep up.

Geologists

The last voice recording I have of my dad, who was a geologist, was an interview for my radio show after West Tennessee experienced an earthquake in the early '90s. He was factual yet reassuring. I no longer have a machine that could play the media. (via reddit)

Real or Cake?

Is the cake a lie? Talented cake decorators can make a cake that looks like anything. Weird Al Yankovic tests a few things to see if they are real or cake.

Mom's Phone

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Aliens Everywhere

Imagine a scenario in which the Milky Way galaxy is full of alien civilizations that are advanced enough to travel and communicate with each other, but they don't pay any attention to us here on Earth. That idea can be followed by all kinds of jokes about how human civilization isn't civilized, or otherwise deserving of company. But theoretically, there are other reasons we might not have been contacted by these advanced aliens. We might be honestly too far away to make the trip worth it. We may be relatively too young to understand them. They might know about us and have decided we have nothing useful to offer them. Or we may be among the "do not land here" list for other reasons. Yeah, some of those reasons are getting us closer to the old joke. It's easier to think that we are truly alone in the universe. This video from Kurzgesagt is really 10:15 long; the rest is an ad.

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Redditor Kidipadeli75 recognized a human mandible in his parents' new travertine bathroom tile. John Hawks explains how this can happen, and it's more likely than you might think. (via Digg)

Tegelwippen. A national competition has the goal of helping Netherlands reach environmental targets by removing garden paving. (via Metafilter)

Lizards in the Kitchen, Cooking Up Treats.

Mercury: The Solar System's smallest planet may once have been as large as Earth. (via Damn Interesting) 

Typical Friday Night at KFC, According To AI. (via Nag on the Lake) 

The Rise And Fall Of The LAN Party. (via Kottke)

We need to get back to traditional American values. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.

The Viking Women With Intentionally Reshaped Skulls.

They got their son a pet octopus. Weeks later, there were 50 more. (via Metafilter)

Louise

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The Problem With Being Batman's Butler

Have you ever considered the plight of Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred? He deals with an eccentric millionaire with a mansion and a superhero with a laboratory in an underground cave. You rarely ever see any other servants in the mansion, and no one else knows about the bat cave. That’s a lot of work for one man!

Dorkly shows us what happens when Alfred reaches his breaking point. Which anyone else would have reached long ago. Alfred deserves more than a promotion- he deserves a full staff to help him get it all done! (via Tastefully Offensive)

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Selling Point

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Spanish Translation

Even I know that meat is supposed to be "carne," not "vegetables." I hear the other translations aren't too good, either. (via reddit)

Emperor Penguin Chicks Jump Off a 50-foot Cliff

We all recall that scene in Happy Feet when the young emperor penguins go to sea for the first time, driven by instinct. They are terrified, but eventually the first one jumps in, and lets the others know it's okay. Scientists have recorded this first plunge many times, but they also found evidence that some juvenile migrations don't just go to the sea -they go in by jumping off high ice cliffs! When you feel you must go to the sea, you go, whether it's a gentle jump off some floating ice or a plunge down a 50-foot cliff. For the first time, this phenomena had been filmed using drones by cinematographer Bertie Gregory for National Geographic. This footage is part of the documentary series Secrets of the Penguins, which will premiere a year from now, on Earth Day in 2025. (via Nag on the Lake)

Pizza Biz

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Taking a Car to the 100th Floor

Infiniti debuted their new QX80 model on March 20 atop the sky deck at the Edge in Hudson Yards in Manhattan. It's an impressive car, and expensive, too. But how did they pull off this stunt? There are no cranes that big, and a helicopter lift isn't legal in Manhattan. The engineering team put in a lot of work to please the public relations team, by disassembling the car and taking it up 100 floors by elevator, piece by piece, and then reassembling it! Each piece had to be small enough to fit into a freight elevator, and it took almost 100 trips up to accomplish this. The project took 40 days, but the car was ready for its moment in the sun, so to speak, on the appointed day. (via The Awesomer)